Sum of Us
Little, Brown (Verlag)
978-0-349-12902-0 (ISBN)
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What has data ever done for us?
In this new book, House of Commons Library statistician Georgina Sturge explores the rich history of the moments when we have counted and measured ourselves in different ways, and the shocks and fundamental changes which have come as a result.
SUM OF US showcases how the process of deciding who and what we count can be disruptive and intrusive - and at other times it can be emancipatory. From unravelling a deadly public health crisis to exposing the tensions at the heart of what it means to describe ourselves as 'British', and from being the seed of the NHS to a spotlight on equal rights, data is a force which can turn the wheel of progress forwards as well as, sometimes, backwards.
Along the way, Sturge also tells the story of how governments and politicians came to use and rely on data for policy making, and what that means for us now, in an age more awash than ever with information.
Georgina Sturge is a Statistician at the House of Commons Library. She is one of the team of senior statisticians who advise the 650 Members of Parliament - from all parties - on the use of statistics and who carry out research for them. She is also the author of BAD DATA: HOW GOVERNMENTS, POLITICIANS AND THE REST OF US GET MISLED BY NUMBERS. Prior to working at Parliament, Georgina trained in quantitative public policy analysis at the United Nations University and Maastricht University Graduate School of Governance. She has worked as a primary researcher in the fields of global development, international migration, social security, poverty and inequality, and has helped design and carry out primary data collection through large-scale population surveys in several countries. She is a member of the Office for National Statistics' expert advisory group on population and migration statistics and an advisor to the University of Oxford's Migration Observatory.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 240 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-349-12902-9 / 0349129029 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-349-12902-0 / 9780349129020 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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